Harald Kisiedu: European Echoes: Jazz Experimentalism in Germany 1950 – 1975. (Wolke Verlag, 256 pp., paperback, € 29. Book review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The discourse of jazz history favours the notion of […]
Reuben James – Slow Down EP (Rufio Records RUFIO005LP – Review by Mark McKergow) Reuben James is probably best known for his work with singer Sam Smith, appearing on 2017’s The Thrill Of […]
Sara Serpa – Recognition: Music For a Silent Film (Biophilia Records. Review by Jon Turney) Efforts to conjure the spirit of liberation are a driving force for much of the most interesting […]
Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua – Ajo Se Po (jazz re:freshed / Digital/all streaming platforms. Album review by Adam Sieff) Kevin Haynes has been a presence since his days as a percussionist in Steve […]
Vibraphonist Pascal Schumacher’s latest album SOL will be released via Neue Meister today, 5 June 2020. It was recorded last year over several days in residence at the Opderschmelz, the regional cultural […]
Dominic Ingham Quintet – Role Models (Ingham Records INGHAM01. CD Review by Lavender Sutton) Dominic Ingham is probably best known as a member of the critically acclaimed jazz fusion band Bonsai but this […]
Frank Griffith writes in tribute to Lennie Niehaus: Lennie Niehaus, alto saxophonist, composer/arranger and scorer of twelve Clint Eastwood films has died at the age of 91. A consummate polymath of the […]
BBC Young Musician 2020 is now open for applications. The final will be “presented as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival” in November. It is also announced that the finalists will play […]
Multi-instrumentalist, composer and teacher Kevin Figes has been a key figure on Bristol’s eclectic jazz scene since the early 2000s. But this month’s quartet album, Changing Times, unveils new facets of an […]
Saxophonist Don Weller, who had been unwell for some time, passed away in his native Croydon on Saturday 30 May 2020 at the age of 79. Saxophonist Art Themen, a good friend […]
Various artists – To The Jazz Bar With Love (The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh. Digital album review by Mark McKergow) The Jazz Bar, hub of the music in Scotland’s capital is, like every […]
AuB – AuB (Edition Records EDN1155. Review by Jon Carvell) There is virtuosity in all four corners of AuB, a new quartet formed at the confluence of two formidably talented young tenor […]
Sebastian writes. We congratulate Raimund Meisenberger of the Passauer Neue Zeitung on his scoop, reporting what we believe to be the first jazz festival in the world since lockdown. He reports that […]
The nominations are announced for the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. The recipients will be announced on 30 June. Thank you to all those who nominated LJN for the Jazz Media Award this […]
